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NEW YORK (AP) — Here are the latest developments as Major League Baseball hits a deadline Friday for trades where players do not first have to pass through waivers (all times Eastern): 4:50 p.m. The Mets have acquired slugging outfielder Yoenis Cespedes from Detroit in their strongest attempt yet to boost a punchless lineup that has threatened to derail their postseason hopes. Cespedes hit .293 with 18 home runs with 61 RBIs in 102 games with the Tigers this season. The Mets trail first-place Washington by three games in the NL East, but New York ranks last in the major leagues in runs and batting average, and is 29th in on-base percentage and slugging. The Mets sent minor...

Robbie Hiser, an all-state selection who helped Grafton High reach the 2012 Group AA state tournament semifinals, signed recently to play collegiate baseball at Norfolk State University. Hiser, who played the past two years at Lenoir Community College...

After a big win over the Blue Jays, it was slow jam time in the Kansas City Royals clubhouse. Seated around a table in the middle of the room, Kendrys Morales and Danny Duffy gave a spirited sing-along to Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You."...

Here are the latest developments as Major League Baseball hits a deadline Friday for trades where players do not first have to pass through waivers (all times Eastern): 7:20 p.m. One more deal announced, bringing the total for the deadline day to 16...

With mere hours until the trade deadline, the Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays have sent a clear message that they're going for it — making big moves to try and propel their teams into the playoffs for the first time in a long time. The Astros haven't...

The Astros have added another bat to their lineup as they make a push for the postseason, acquiring two-time All-Star outfielder Carlos Gomez from the Milwaukee Brewers. Houston also received right-hander Mike Fiers in the deal and sent four prospects...

The Houston Astros have added another bat to their lineup as they make a push for the postseason, acquiring two-time All-Star outfielder Carlos Gomez from the Milwaukee Brewers.
Houston also received right-hander Mike Fiers in the deal and sent four...

The Los Angeles Angels acquired veteran outfielder Shane Victorino and more than $3.8 million from the Boston Red Sox on Monday for infielder Josh Rutledge. The 34-year-old Victorino is a two-time World Series champion, a two-time All-Star and a four-time...

Ten years ago, on a late-October night in Houston, the White Sox delivered a World Series championship to a city starved for one. The miracle on 35th Street erased an 88-year absence of baseball triumph on the South Side, but many weren't expecting it...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. The pain from the strained groin muscles in Alex Gordon's left leg left him facedown, unable to rise. He lay horizontal in Kauffman Stadium's left field, the area he has mastered as a professional, for three minutes and eight seconds as...

For weeks, we've been hearing about all that is wrong with the All-Star selection process — and there was plenty to complain about — but the American League and National League teams that will meet next Tuesday to determine home-field advantage in the...

MILWAUKEE A lack of run support or recent wins weren't enough to keep Braves pitcher Shelby Miller from a deserved spot on the National League All-Star team. Miller, who has a modest 5-4 record despite a 2.07 ERA, was named to his first NL...

The process worked. Somehow, the process worked. Somehow, after a month of worry and complaints about Royals fans turning All-Star voting into their own cheap toy, the process worked. Somehow, a deeply flawed, poorly constructed, awkward system turned...

They can’t really complain. OK, the Dodgers could bemoan giving away Saturday’s game, 3-2, to the Marlins and wasting another strong start by Clayton Kershaw.
But on the whole, the Dodgers have been a very good defensive team this season. Joc Pederson...

Nobody would have blamed Gov. Bruce Rauner if he had pulled Blackhawks President John McDonough aside after Thursday's rally at Soldier Field to ask for tips on messaging.
Everybody in Chicago would have understood — and probably welcomed — Mayor Rahm...

Darwin Barney, we barely knew you, which was apparently just fine with the Dodgers’ new management team.
On Friday, the Dodgers designated Barney, a former Gold Glove second baseman, for assignment. See ya, it’s been swell, or at least brief.
The...

Getting healthy: Friday night's game in Cleveland was the closest the Orioles have come all season to being at full strength. Catcher Matt Wieters returned from Tommy John elbow ligament reconstruction and shortstop J.J. Hardy was starting after four days...

The white flag went up in the bottom of the eighth inning Friday night with the Angels trailing the New York Yankees by seven runs. Manager Mike Scioscia pulled the top three hitters in his lineup, the heavily worked Erick Aybar, Mike Trout and Albert...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathon Niese is surprised at how poorly he's pitching.
By the looks of it, his pitches aren't surprising opponents at all.
Giancarlo Stanton homered twice and Christian Yelich snapped a seventh-inning tie with a two-run single, sending...

As a kid, Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy spent endless hours in a park near his Arizona home, fielding ground balls and honing his game. The batter? Hardy's mother.
At 4, Ravens' tight end Maxx Williams learned to punt, pass and kick a football in the...